An arm of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, meanwhile, issued a statement it said was on behalf of Russia, Iran and its allies, vowing to "reply with force" to any future aggression "in a variety of ways".

After Tuesday's chemical attack in Syria, Trump said his attitude toward Assad "has changed very much" and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said "steps are under way" to organize a coalition to remove him from power.

A United Kingdom government source said: "The important thing is that this is Britain helping to influence U.S. policy on Syria and Russian Federation, far from being a poodle".

The US military fired 59 Tomahawk missiles from warships in the Mediterranean at the al-Shayrat base near the western city of Homs early yesterday.

The missiles were fired from two USA destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean and hit the air base at approximately 3:45 a.m.

The strike was the first time American forces targeted a Syrian government installation in the course of the war.

"The disgraceful act of targeting a sovereign state's airport demonstrates once again that different administrations do not change deeper policies".

"Moscow needs a dialogue with London not more than it (Britain) needs it (Russia)", the Foreign Ministry said.

Trump administration officials on Sunday blamed Russian inaction for enabling a deadly poison gas attack against Syrian civilians last week as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson prepared to explain to Moscow a USA retaliatory missile strike.

The White House late Friday refused to say whether its strike on Shayrat air base was a one-off action or part of a new strategy created to hobble the military capabilities of President Bashar al-Assad.

"Terrorists must not be allowed to use such weapons to accuse others and pave the way for actions that are contrary to worldwide law", said Rouhani.

"But where I differ from this administration, and I took the same position with respect to President Obama, we are a nation where you're not supposed to initiate military action, start war, without a plan that's presented to and approved by Congress", Kaine told Todd. He said that the attack will not help settle the crisis in Syria. Advisers said he was outraged by heartbreaking images of young children who were among the dozens killed in the chemical attack.

However, "whether Russian Federation was complicit here or whether they were simply incompetent or whether they got outwitted" by the Syrian government, they had "failed in their commitment to the global community", he said.

The Turkish foreign minister, whose country is a strong backer of the Syrian opposition, said the US missile strikes were not enough.

"Both sides noted the inadmissibility of aggressive U.S. actions against a sovereign state in violation of worldwide law", the statement said. U.S. officials claim that the Khan Shaykhun chemical assault had been launched from the military site. Tillerson said he was disappointed in the Russian response.

The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Rohani condemned "aggressive" USA actions against Syria in a phone call. Tillerson is due to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow next week.

Mr Tillerson will go ahead with his visit to Russian Federation to deliver a "clear and coordinated" message to Moscow, which continues to deny Syrian forces used chemical weapons last week.

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